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ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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of this very cool struck thru Error?

Perfect for my dated error type set, NGC PF 68 Ultra Cameo

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  • jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
    I am going to go out on a limb and say struck through dried glue?

    I was also thinking of struck through a mass of string?


    It is very cool either way! Nice addition. image
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool, do you pics of the whole coin?
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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Year? Mint if required? Silver/clad?


    it's a mass and curls.

    Does the mint clean with steel wool?
    Ribbon curl cut off the edge of a piece of metal?
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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How in the world does something like this make it past quality control and wind up in a proof set?

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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    I like the string theory as well.
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I shy away from string only because there is no braiding impression.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some of those black specks are grease and will acetone off.

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How in the world does something like this make it past quality control and wind up in a proof set? >>



    You should see what else I have in my proof error collection image

    The seller did say it was struck thru string, NGC just says struck thru, and I am open to ideas.
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For those of you thinking about String Theory.
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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I prefer to get my info on string theory from Dr. Sheldon Cooper. I have this dream in which, on the podium to receive his Nobel Prize, at the end of his acceptance speech he shouts "Bazinga" . image
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    << <i>I prefer to get my info on string theory from Dr. Sheldon Cooper. I have this dream in which, on the podium to receive his Nobel Prize, at the end of his acceptance speech he shouts "Bazinga" . image >>

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  • phnataccphnatacc Posts: 367 ✭✭
    I guess it is just me but the answer seemed pretty obvious...

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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    What ever it was, it was spiraled, even the strike through over the nose is laid over it's self creating a loop. Some sort of shaving that curled as it was removed from the host.
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  • bestmrbestmr Posts: 1,795 ✭✭✭
    That is SIC!!!! Love it!
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  • Aegis3Aegis3 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭
    I see a chain and strings. Someone lost their necklace/bracelet/other jewelry?

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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,580 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I guess it is just me but the answer seemed pretty obvious...

    image >>

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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    Smashed spring?
  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,763 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I prefer to get my info on string theory from Dr. Sheldon Cooper. I have this dream in which, on the podium to receive his Nobel Prize, at the end of his acceptance speech he shouts "Bazinga" . image >>

    I am a big fan of the good doctor! image >>








    me too!


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    phnatacc,
    Well done.image
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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is the most logical explanation, thank you .....




    << <i>

    << <i>I guess it is just me but the answer seemed pretty obvious...

    image >>

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Appears to be stray metallic debris from planchet stamping.... Cheers, RickO
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I no longer collect strike troughs but that's pretty dramatic image

    phnatacc's commentary was too funny! image
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  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    At first was thinking a spring that stayed intact on one end in the incuse design of the nose
    but was already partially unravelled before the strike. But it meanders off into 3 different directions.
    Don't understand how a spring or string could do that.

    Very cool.


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  • CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭
    My first impression was "Struck Through Octopus."

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>My first impression was "Struck Through Octopus." >>



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  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A jellyfish charm......

    definitely an interesting one.
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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    Struck through Olympic rings?? Maybe part of the torch too.image
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have no problem with struck through partially unraveled string.

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have no problem with struck through partially unraveled string. >>

    Hmmm.

    What kind of string?

    Better yet, what "kind of string" would resist the 120+ Tons of pressure used to mash hardened steel against hardened steel with a copper nickel chunk of alloy between them with out being mush into nothing?

    Just curious?

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  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 2,031 ✭✭✭✭✭
    String usually leaves an impression. Proof coins especially, have tiny struck through string or dust in many cases.

    I agree that it looks to have been struck through a clump of string. The use of the word cloth is not appropriate for this coin, though.

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